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Understanding 9/11The book of beasts, for young persons
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- Publication date
- 1830
- Topics
- Animals -- Juvenile literature., Animals -- Juvenile poetry., Domestic animals -- Juvenile literature., Zoology -- Juvenile literature., Nursery rhymes., Chapbooks -- England -- Banbury (Oxfordshire) -- 19th century., Chapbooks -- Specimens., McGill University Library Digitized Title, McGill Library's Chapbook Collection, Animals, Domestic animals, Zoology, Chapbooks
- Publisher
- Banbury [Oxfordshire] : Printed by J.G. Rusher
- Collection
- mcgilluniversitychapbook; mcgilluniversity; toronto
- Contributor
- McGill University Library
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 14.8M
15, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 10 x 7 cm.
Caption title
Approximate date from Osborne, cited below
Osborne Coll.
Freeman, R. B. British natural history bks.
Poems describing the elephant, tiger, cow, ass, zebra, lion, pig, cat, and dog; interspersed with paragraphs on the tame rabbit, stag or raindeer [sic], sheep, horse, two-footed mouse or Egyptian jerboa, and bear
First sentence: "The elephant, largest of all, And strongest of quadruped race, Draws more than six horses could move; Large ears, little eyes, and long face"
Includes 17 woodcuts
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with The history of Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London: with the adventures of his cat. Banbury: Printed by J.G. Rusher,[ca. 1820]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 4 other chapbooks, with binder's title: Banbury Chapbooks. 17 hand-coloured wood engravings. Bound in brown calf by Wood, London; Gumuchian - #1581; Osborne - p.197; Banbury chapbooks - Pearson - pp.27,55, 57. St. Andrews N.B. Antique Show July/83. $10.00 for the volume of five. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. -'88 - $125.00 for this one chapbook
Caption title
Approximate date from Osborne, cited below
Osborne Coll.
Freeman, R. B. British natural history bks.
Poems describing the elephant, tiger, cow, ass, zebra, lion, pig, cat, and dog; interspersed with paragraphs on the tame rabbit, stag or raindeer [sic], sheep, horse, two-footed mouse or Egyptian jerboa, and bear
First sentence: "The elephant, largest of all, And strongest of quadruped race, Draws more than six horses could move; Large ears, little eyes, and long face"
Includes 17 woodcuts
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with The history of Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London: with the adventures of his cat. Banbury: Printed by J.G. Rusher,[ca. 1820]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 4 other chapbooks, with binder's title: Banbury Chapbooks. 17 hand-coloured wood engravings. Bound in brown calf by Wood, London; Gumuchian - #1581; Osborne - p.197; Banbury chapbooks - Pearson - pp.27,55, 57. St. Andrews N.B. Antique Show July/83. $10.00 for the volume of five. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. -'88 - $125.00 for this one chapbook
- Addeddate
- 2014-02-14 19:45:57
- Callnumber
- RBD BOUR PN970 R87 H5 1820 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)
- Identifier
- McGillLibrary-PN970_R87_H5_1820_003376124-2013
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t5hb1pr37
- Note
-
Caption title.
Approximate date from Osborne, cited below.
Osborne Coll., p. 197
Freeman, R. B. British natural history bks., 387
Poems describing the elephant, tiger, cow, ass, zebra, lion, pig, cat, and dog; interspersed with paragraphs on the tame rabbit, stag or raindeer [sic], sheep, horse, two-footed mouse or Egyptian jerboa, and bear.
First sentence: "The elephant, largest of all, And strongest of quadruped race, Draws more than six horses could move; Large ears, little eyes, and long face".
Includes 17 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with The history of Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London: with the adventures of his cat. Banbury: Printed by J.G. Rusher,[ca. 1820]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 4 other chapbooks, with binder's title: Banbury Chapbooks. 17 hand-coloured wood engravings. Bound in brown calf by Wood, London; Gumuchian - #1581; Osborne - p.197; Banbury chapbooks - Pearson - pp.27,55, 57. St. Andrews N.B. Antique Show July/83. $10.00 for the volume of five. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. -'88 - $125.00 for this one chapbook.
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 9.0
- Ppi
- 300
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